Written by: Nasir- Prospector Today was our last day of hiking. We have been on the trail for 14 days. We had to hike 8 miles today. We got on trail at 8:38. We woke up early so we would have more time to make our miles. The trail was mostly uphill in the beginning….
Written by: Alex-Mountaineers First you take a clump of dough and roll it in a nice level circle and make sure it’s a little bit bigger than your Dutch oven. Then put the dough in the Dutch oven and put string cheese around the edge. Then take the overlapping dough and roll it over the…
Written by: Evan Group: Mountaineers Month: December Year: 2021 So today I will be telling you some ways how to make a slingshot. So first we want to go find a tree that has a “You” in it. Then if you want to, you can make a cool design, like a spiral or you can…
Written by: John Group: Adventurers Month: July Year: 2020 When I came to Camp it was my first time being away from my family for a very long time. I am excited to go back to my family. On the first day that I came, I was to start a new life. As the days…
Written by: LucasGroup: ProspectorsMonth: JulyYear: 2020 Today we woke up to a great start. We woke up to a nice foggy river and then ate the best gravy in the world. Then we started canoeing down to a spot that we could swim around for a while, because we made some of our…
Written by: Abe Group: Adventurers Month: October Year: 2019 Tent building is one of the fun things to do at camp. There are reasons why we build tents. First we have to see which tent needs to be rebuilt. Then as a group, we would decide what we want the tent to look like. In…
Written by: Matthew- Highlanders How do you accomplish a sauna when Scootac is sealed beneath 7-8 inches of ice? You grab an ax and get chopping. That’s what Chief Levi did today at the Highlanders’ first sauna of 2018 (my first sauna, by the way). Chief Levi and Jacob got a fire going on top…
Name: Devyn Group: Highlanders Month: October Year: 2017 Today I’m going to talk about why you should have a good attitude on a hiking trip. The first reason is that it keeps everybody moving. You could yell, “This is boring,” which would destroy everybody’s spirit. Or you could yell at the start of an…
Today I’m going to tell you about the good and the bad things about the Standing Stone Trail, starting with the good things about the Standing Stone Trail. You can see a lot of vistas and there’s not many people on it, because they’re all on the thousand steps. You can also walk through a…
Written by: Nolan Group: Mountaineers Month: April Year: 2010 The cook tent is coming along. It has a rocket cooker and a hearth of course and right now we have all the post done, a beam, and a rail. Just soon we are going to put on our rafters and tarp before we know it….
